Armazem means “general store” in many Latin languages. There was a time, you would walk to the general store to buy a loaf of bread for dinner as well as a light bulb to replace that darned one that burnt out in the bathroom earlier in the morning.

Yes, you could find a broad range of goods in today’s stores. It’s just not quite the same, stores became standardized, corporate-like, kind of robotic; you speak with an employee today knowing that you won’t see him or her for long.